Good occupational health and safety management can contribute significant benefits towards AEC projects. The principal benefits include a significant contribution to the economics of the project through better planning, fewer delays and less disruption due to enforcement action or down-time after serious accidents. Accidents are usually expensive and the costs of accidents needs to be considered. Developments such as the increased use of IT and artificial intelligence (AI) to help reduce the accident rates must be encouraged. Higher productivity and quality of output should result from the elimination of unsafe practices as this can produce higher site morale and better personal performance. Effective use of IT can enhance these benefits and with more effective designs can extend beyond the construction process into the use phases of the completed facilities.

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